There are so many slick phones out there right now that it is hard to decide on the right phone. For some, it will boil down to features. For others, it will be price that serves as the determining factor. Others will have to see if the latest and greatest phone actually has service where they live to avoid purchasing a beautiful paper weight.

Many users are drawn to an eye catching design, and LG has been producing some beautiful designs as of late. Sprint users never did get a version of the "Chocolate," but now they get an exclusive on a design that might be even nicer - the Muziq.

Picture the Chocolate combined with a Flip Phone design and you have a sense of the Muziq. To see all the features that LG packs into this stylish phone - just read on for a full review.

Cell phone exclusives may drive us crazy - think iPhone and AT&T - but if you are a subscriber and your carrier gets a great phone before anyone else - it can be terrific to be the first one on the block with something unique that stands out from the crowd.

The LG Muziq stands out from the crowded, popular Flip Phone crowd in a few areas. The following are the highlights and specs from the company web site:

Highlights

Instant wireless downloads from the Sprint Music Store

Advanced Stereo Bluetooth

Sprint Music Store enabled

Sprint TVSM enabled

Slim and Fashionable Design

Speakerphone

Built-in Camera

Web and Email Capable

Bluetooth Wireless Technology

External display

GPS enabled

Expandable memory card slot

Voice-activated dialing

Broadband-like speeds where available

Sprint Music Store Enabled

Download stereo-quality tracks instantly to your wireless phone or PC. Choose from thousands of artists in virtually every genre, and listen wherever you go.

64 MB MicroSD card

Store data on the included 64MB removable memory card. Up to 4GB cards supported, 4GB card must be purchased separately.

*Depends on unused internal and external (microSD card) memory.
**Varies by image resolution. Default camera setting of 1280x960 pixels does not support zoom function.
***Available in both video and camera modes.

VOICE/AUDIO

One-Touch Speakerphone*

Speaker-Independent Speech Recognition

Music Composer – create ringtones using different instruments or by humming a melody

Voice Memos (up to 10 min.)

Music Ringer Support (clips from hit songs)**†

30 Unique Ringtones + Vibrate & Silent Modes

Set Voice Memos as Ringtones

TTY/TDD Support

Hearing Aid Compatible (M4T4-Rating)

*Speakerphone feature is only available while a call is in progress.
**Not assignable from microSD card.

This is a phone that will particularly appeal to younger users - (like the Upstage the Sprint still has the exclusive on from Samsung.) With that in mind, I enlisted, once again, the discriminating testing of my 12 year old to help me analyze this phone.